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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Reprieve in store for Chinese restaurant in Fleetwood? Reading Eagle, Reading, PA – Jul 28, 2010 …In 2007, the restaurant was pegged to be taken by eminent domain and removed to improve Main and Franklin streets to accommodate tractor-trailer traffic. The improvements are needed in part because of plans to develop the nearby former Garden State Tannery site into retail space… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Friday, July 23, 2010
Price is not right for city WFMZ-TV, Allentown, PA – Jul 22, 2010 …In March, the city filed for eminent domain to take control of the Marquis and the former Perkins. In turn, the owners of the vacant properties filed legal challenges… $1 million-plus Connellsville bridge replacement planned Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA – Jul 22, 2010 …At Wednesday's regular meeting, city council passed a resolution authorizing Matthews to enter into an agreement with PennDOT to use city property for the project. The resolution does not waive any of the city's rights under the Eminent Domain Code for the construction work… Opinion – Denny Bonavita: ‘Forced pooling’ is legalized property theft Leader-Vindicator, New Bethlehem, PA – Jul 22, 2010 …Remember the fuss a few years ago when courts allowed the taking of homes by eminent domain, only to see those homes turned over to private developers who made profits? Laws were changed, and voter anger was loud, palpable and focused… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, July 22, 2010
City, landowners in standoff The Morning Call, Allentown, PA – Jul 21, 2010 …“If everybody could come to an agreement on price,” the city could buy the properties outright and there’d be no legal battle over eminent domain, attorney Edward Shaughnessy said Wednesday. Shaughnessy represents Perkins site owner Kirpal Saini… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
York City’s Northwest Triangle is a work in progress (video) The York Dispatch, York, PA – Jul 20, 2010 …Eminent domain requires a review board to determine an assessed property value, which the general authority must reimburse to Ohio Blenders… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, July 19, 2010
Neighborhood redevelopment authority to form in Franklin county Public Opinion, Chambersburg, PA – Jul 19, 2010 …The ordinance would establish a five-member authority that can exercise the power of eminent domain and issue bonds. Commissioners would appoint the members, whose five-year terms would be staggered initially… Delayed Coal Street project to start soon The Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA – Jul 18, 2010 …The city and state pushed the project back as Wilkes-Barre officials hashed out a compromise with Interfaith Heights, a 22-unit apartment complex for low- to moderate-income residents, which objected to eminent domain request for land and three town homes for a right-of-way near North Sherman Street… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Friday, July 16, 2010
$100,000 awarded for new visitor center along Susquehanna River York Daily Record, York, PA – Jul 16, 2010 …The park land that York County owns was taken by eminent domain several years ago from the Kohr family, who owns Lauxmont Farms, and Peter Alecxih Jr., a developer from Lancaster County… Opinion – Erin Negley: Was Reading Country Club worth the cost? The Reading Eagle, Reading, PA – Jul 16, 2010 …A few months later the township seized the land by eminent domain. The supervisors said it was the right thing to do to prevent the greens from becoming town houses… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Nuangola drops eminent domain effort over sewers The Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA – Jul 15, 2010 …The Nuangola Sewer Authority voted Wednesday night to withdraw the eminent domain proceedings against seven Rice Township property owners along Interstate 81 after council voted last month to revise the sewer line that would have traveled through those properties… Court sides with Lauxmont owners in development cases The York Daily Record, York, PA – Jul 14, 2010 …Now that the eminent domain dispute has died down, the subjects of debate are a bit more low-key… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Bill an end-run on holdouts Williamsport Sun-Gazette, PA – Jul 14, 2010 …While acknowledging that some opponents may call into question eminent domain issues, Everett does not see it that way. "Eminent domain is taking surface land. These people won't even know it's taking place," he said… Bedford County widow sued WJAC-TV, Johnstown, PA – Jul 13, 2010 …The Texas-based company is using eminent domain to gain access to 67-year-old Mary Ellen McConnell's 125-acre farm… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Not in their backyards Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA – Jul 13, 2010 …The question of whether the municipal code would be superseded by eminent domain on behalf of the gas industry concerned Councilmen Shields and William Peduto… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Monday, July 12, 2010
Opinion – Scott Kirkwood: Power firms threaten Delaware River park with 200-foot towers Bloomberg – Jul 12, 2010 …For obvious reasons, the power companies’ preferred alternative is to simply traverse the corridor already established in the park -- to cover the shortest distance between two points, and to remove the need to purchase privately owned land or claim eminent domain… “Forced pooling” legislation for gas industry planned in Pennsylvania The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA – Jul 11, 2010 …Opponents of forced pooling, including the 31 environmental and outdoor organizations that recently sent a letter to all state legislators urging them to reject the concept, call it a kind of eminent domain, "but instead of using private property for the public good, it takes private property for private gain."… The business week in review, July 11, 2010 The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA – Jul 11, 2010 A bid by a natural gas gathering company Laser Northeast Gathering Co. LLC to become a regulated utility and earn the power of eminent domain faced vocal opposition at a public hearing in Great Bend in Susquehanna County on Wednesday… Motorists urged to be courteous The Dallas Post, Dallas, PA – Jul 11, 2010 …Other ideas of creating a sidewalk or bike lane through eminent domain cost too much money to accomplish, Balavage said… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Friday, July 09, 2010
Greensburg Laurels & Lances Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA – Jul 9, 2010 …the project is being held up by one or two landowners. So officials will turn to eminent domain. More's the pity that this government cudgel will be used where sensible negotiation should have prevailed. City Council vacates Walnut Street The Williamsport Sun-Gazette, PA – Jul 9, 2010 …Hafer lost in county court last year after arguing the taking through eminent domain of his land and home was unconstitutional and subsequently lost his appeal in Commonwealth Court… City targets blight The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA – Jul 8, 2010 …For instance, without engaging in the expensive, complex and controversial practice of seizing property by eminent domain, city administrators cannot simply raze or repair a dilapidated structure… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Pennsylvania county residents divided on pipeline company proposal Platts – Jul 8, 2010 …most to speak out against a gas gathering and transmission company's application to become a public utility – a designation that would place it under additional regulation, but also give it the right of eminent domain… Hearings on PA public utility request WBNG-TV, Binghamton, NY – Jul 8, 2010 …The company wants the status so it can use eminent domain to get land to run a 30-mile pipeline from northern Pennsylvania into southern Broome County… Public vents opposition to utility status for gas pipeline companies The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA – Jul 7, 2010 A bid by natural gas gathering company Laser Northeast Gathering Co. LLC to become a regulated utility and earn the power of eminent domain faced vocal opposition at a public hearing in Great Bend on Wednesday… Pa. Landowners resist gas pipeline plan Press & Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, NY – Jul 7, 2010 …Some of those landowners spoke Wednesday at a public hearing on a request by Laser Northeast Gathering Co. to become a public utility. If the request is approved, Laser would be allowed to obtain land for a proposed natural gas pipeline through eminent domain… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Natural gas tax could come with concessions Daily American, Somerset, PA – Jul 6, 2010 …Pooling laws enable drillers to extract gas from beneath properties where landowners have refused to lease. Critics have dubbed this as “forced pooling” and call it a form of eminent domain… Fair pooling – forced pooling NorthCentralPA.com, Williamsport, PA – Jul 6, 2010 …Issue: Economic Efficiency v. Eminent Domain -- Proponents of forced pooling assert that, as a policy matter, pooling promotes economic drilling and limits the environmental footprint of drilling… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Scranton native Karam figures in gas-line utility push The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA – Jul 6, 2010 …"People are going to vent about the low-ball easements, about drilling companies and landmen lying to them; about being threatened with eminent domain. People are worried about the environment. I can't disagree with any of those reasons," said Mr. Karam… Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Friday, July 02, 2010
Homeowner battles PennDOT over Big Run Bridge WJAC-TV, Johnstown, PA – Jul 1, 2010 …Work on the project started a few months ago. Stumpf said PennDOT took several pieces of his property under eminent domain... Pennsylvania eminent domain news
Thursday, July 01, 2010
McKeesport Area board looks at other school sites Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA – Jul 1, 2010 …Until then the plan was to build a $25.2 million, state-of-the-art facility on the 27-acre Palkovitz property that neighbors Renziehausen Park, possibly resulting in the district acquiring homes along Oliver Alley through eminent domain and displacing their residents as early as October… |
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